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title: "11 Incredible Wildlife Photos from Yellowstone National Park"
description: "A collection of beautiful wildlife photos from Yellowstone National Park that showcase the predator-prey relationship of wild animals."
date: "2025-06-05"
modified: "2025-06-05"
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  - name: "Natalie Krebs"
    job_title: "Executive Editor"
    link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/natalie-krebs/"
url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/yellowstone-national-park-wildlife-photos/"
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  - "Conservation"
  - "Public Lands & Waters"
  - "Wildlife Management"
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  - "Evergreen"
  - "News"
---

# 11 Incredible Wildlife Photos from Yellowstone National Park

![A red fox dives head-first into a snow bank.](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/32983953693_c57dcf5f5b_k.jpg>)
*A fox dives for a rustling rodent in the Hayden Valley. Photo by Neal Herbert / NPS*

While National Park tourists often forget that wildlife routinely [hunt and kill other animals](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/survival/livestream-brown-bear-kills-another-bear/>) to survive, it's one element that makes wildlife watching in places like Yellowstone National Park so fascinating. Like wild animals everywhere, those critters live and die by the predator-prey relationship — documented in many of the photos below. This collection was taken by National Park Service photographers, who have captured federal public lands and wild critters across the Western U.S.

![a marten on a pine](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/33436481800_cecb032540_k.jpg>)
*A pine marten balances on a broken branch. Martens are a member of the weasel family, and primarily hunt and feed on small mammals. Photo by Jacob W. Frank / NPS*

![bison running](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/36637241505_316f44a8b5_k.jpg>)
*A bison and its calf run through the sage in the Lamar Valley. Wolves and grizzlies are the two primary predators of bison in the park. NPS / Jacob W. Frank*

![A bear rests beside a bull elk carcass.](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/53481636887_af55e75367_k.jpg>)
*A grizzly wallows in the dirt after feeding on a bull elk carcass. Photo by A. Falgoust / NPS*

![rams on a hillside](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/27439994207_db98310e4f_k-1.jpg>)
*Bighorn rams line up on Mount Everts. While lions and wolves will prey on adult sheep, lambs are most susceptible to predators, including large birds of prey like eagles. NPS / Jacob W. Frank*

![kestrel with a rodent in its claws](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/54553070887_ba2b70bd3c_k.jpg>)
*An American kestrel flies off with a small rodent. Photo by Jacob W. Frank / NPS*

![A bobcat hunched over a mule deer carcass in the snow](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/bobcat_deer.jpg>)
*A bobcat caught feeding on a cached mule deer carcass. These wildcats are widespread within the park, but rarely seen. Photo by A. Falgoust / NPS*

![a grizzly looks through the trees in a close encounter.](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/15665989939_204dff6aab_k.jpg>)
*Up close with a griz — an apex predator in the park. Photo by Neal Herbert / NPS*

![cow elk chases off a coyote](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/49946162232_dddb899177_k.jpg>)
*A cow elk chases off a coyote from her calf, which is hidden in the brush nearby. Photo by Jacob W. Frank / NPS*

![a giant elk herd in yellowstone](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/49946151482_99f1481de8_k.jpg>)
*A massive herd of elk work their way over a pass, reflecting the sheer scale of the landscape, and the wildlife that lives there. Photo by Jacob W. Frank / NPS*

![A bear flips over a bison carcass.](<https://www.outdoorlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/50321442631_019a1bd77c_k.jpg>)
*A hungry griz flips over a bison carcass in the Lamar Valley. Photo by Jim Peaco / NPS*

## Author
Natalie Krebs is the Executive Editor of *Outdoor Life*, where she tackles everything from reporting digital features to producing podcast episodes. Originally from Missouri, she currently lives in northwest Arkansas with her bird dog, Hatchet.

### Author social links  
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